Vita
 
Stephen D. Mastrofski


Director, Administration of Justice
Department of Public & International Affairs
George Mason University
Prince William, VA 20110-2203
(703) 993-8313
smastrof@gmu.edu

EDUCATION

  • 1981. Ph.D. Political Science, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

  • 1969. B.A. cum laude and with Special Honors in Political Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.



Professional Experience

1999-Present: Professor. Public and International Affairs and Director, Administration of Justice Program, Director, Center for Justice Leadership and Management (since 2001), George Mason University.

1997-1999: Visiting Fellow. Community Oriented Policing Services Office, U.S. Department of Justice.

1996-1999: Professor. School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University.

1992-1994: Visiting Fellow. National Institute of Justice, US Department of Justice.

1989-1996: Associate Professor. Administration of Justice Department, Pennsylvania State University (Program moved to Department of Sociology, 1994).

1981-1989: Assistant Professor. Administration of Justice Department, Pennsylvania State University.

1976-1981: Research Associate. Institute for Research in Social Science and Center for Urban and Regional Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

1972-1976: Graduate Assistant. Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

1969-1972: Naval Officer. USS Salinan (ATF-161). Mayport, FL.

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate:

  • Introduction to Administration of Justice
  • Policing in America
  • Community Policing
  • Crime and the American Court System
  • Field Research Methods In Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice Agency Administration
  • Honors Seminar in Criminal Justice

Graduate:

  • Criminal Justice Organizations and Institutions
  • Policing Policy and Process
  • Program Evaluation of Human Services
  • Analysis and Measurement in Public Administration
  • Administration of Criminal Justice Agencies
  • Research Methods in Criminal Justice
  • Field Observation Methods in Criminal Justice
Research Interests

Police organizations, community policing and other police reforms, police discretion, systematic field observation in criminal justice
Awards and Honors
  • Member of the Committee to Review Research on Police Policy and Practices, National Academy of Sciences. Washington, DC. (2000-present).

  • O.W. Wilson Award for outstanding contributions in education, research, and service in the area of policing. From the Police Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2000).

  • Ideas in American Policing Lecture: Policing for People. Police Foundation, Washington, DC (1998).

  • Visiting Fellow, Community Oriented Policing Services, US Department of Justice (1997-1999).

  • Lansing Metro Man of the Year, Metropolitan Woman, for support of women and women's issues (1997).

  • Faculty Recognition Award (for externally funded research resulting in a salary savings), College of the Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University. $1,104 (1995).

  • Faculty Recognition Award (for externally funded research resulting in a salary savings), College of the Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University. $2,090 (1994).

  • Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Justice, US Department of Justice (1992-1993).

  • Faculty Recognition Award (for externally funded research resulting in a salary savings), College of the Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University. $996 (1993).

  • Named to "List of Excellent Honors Instructors" by University Scholars Office (1991).

  • Faculty Recognition Award (for externally funded research resulting in a salary savings), College of the Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University. $1,624 (1990).
Articles
    1. Weisburd, D., S. Mastrofski, A. McNally, R. Greenspan and J. Willis. Reforming to Preserve: Compstat and Strategic Problem Solving in American Policing (under review, Criminology and Public Policy).

    2. Mastrofski, S., M. Reisig, and J McCluskey. Police Disrespect Toward the Public: An Encounter-Based Analysis. Criminology 40:519-551 (2002).

    3. Terrill, W. and S. Mastrofski. Reassessing Situational and Officer Based Determinants of Police Coercion. Justice Quarterly 19:215-248 (2002).

    4. DeJong, C., S. Mastrofski and R. Parks. Patrol Officers and Problem Solving: An Application of Expectancy Theory. Justice Quarterly 18:31-61 (2001).

    5. Mastrofski, S. and R. Ritti. Making Sense of Community Policing: A Theoretical Perspective. Police Practice and Research Journal 1(2):183-210 (2000).

    6. Mastrofski, S., J. B. Snipes and R. B. Parks. The Helping Hand of the Law: Police Control of Citizens on Request. Criminology 38:307-342 (2000).

    7. Maguire, E. and S. Mastrofski. Patterns of Community Policing in the United States. Police Quarterly 3(1):4-45 (2000).

    8. McCluskey, J., S. Mastrofski, and R. Parks. To Acquiesce or Rebel: Predicting Citizen Compliance with Police Requests. Police Quarterly 2(4):389-416 (1999).

    9. Parks, R. B. S. D. Mastrofski, C. DeJong and M. K. Gray. How Officers Spend Their Time with the Community. Justice Quarterly 16:483-518 (1999).

    10. Mastrofski, S. Police Agency Accreditation: A Skeptical View. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 21:202-205 (1998).

    11. Mastrofski, S., J. Snipes and A. Supina. Compliance on Demand: The Public's Response to Specific Police Requests. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 33:269-305 (1996).

    12. Worden, R., R. Shepard and S. Mastrofski. On the Meaning and Measurement of Suspects' Demeanor toward the Police: A Comment on 'Demeanor and Arrest'. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 33:324-332 (1996).

    13. Mastrofski, S. and R. Ritti. Police Training and the Effects of Organization on Drunk Driving Enforcement. Justice Quarterly 13:291-320 (1996).

    14. Mastrofski, S., R. Worden and J. Snipes. Law enforcement in a Time of Community Policing. Criminology 33:539-563 (1995).

    15. Mastrofski, S., R. Ritti and J. Snipes. Expectancy Theory and Police Productivity in DUI Enforcement. Law and Society Review 28 (1):101-136 (1994).

    16. Mastrofski, S. Eying the Doughnut: Community Policing and Progressive Reform. (Review essay). American Journal of Police 12(4):1-18 (1993).

    17. Mastrofski, S. Varieties of Community Policing. American Journal of Police 12(3):65-77 (1993).

    18. Mastrofski, S. and C. Uchida. On Dirty Hands and Definitions: A Rejoinder. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 30:365-368 (1993).

    19. Mastrofski, S. and C. Uchida. Transforming the Police. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 30:330-358 (1993).

    20. Mastrofski, S. and R. Ritti. You Can Lead a Horse to Water . . .: A Case Study of a Police Department's Response to Stricter Drunk-Driving Laws. Justice Quarterly 9:465-491 (1992).

    21. Snipes, J. and S. Mastrofski. An Empirical Test of Muir's Typology of Police Officers. American Journal of Criminal Justice 14(4):268-296 (1990).

    22. Mastrofski, S. The Prospects of Change in Police Patrol: A Decade in Review. American Journal of Police 9(3):1-79 (1990).

    23. Mastrofski, S. and R. Parks. Improving Observational Studies of Police. Criminology 28(3):475-496 (1990).

    24. Mastrofski, S. Zero Tolerance for Zero-Tolerance Policy. Contemporary Crises 12:187-189 (1988).

    25. Mastrofski, S. Varieties of Police Governance in Metropolitan America. Politics and Policy 8 (August):12-31 (1988).

    26. Mastrofski, S. and G. Potter. Controlling Organized Crime: A Critique of Law Enforcement Policy. Criminal Justice Policy Review 2 (3):269-301 (1987).

    27. Mastrofski, S., R. Ritti, D. Hoffmaster. Organizational Determinants of Police Discretion: The Case of Drinking Driving. Journal of Criminal Justice 15(5):387-402 (1987); also appeared in Klockars and Mastrofski, eds., Thinking About Police: Contemporary Readings (2nd ed.).

    28. Mastrofski, S. Police Agency Accreditation: The Prospects of Reform. American Journal of Police 5(2):45-81 (1986).

    29. Mastrofski, S. and G. Potter. Evaluating Law Enforcement Efforts to Control Organized Crime: The Pennsylvania Crime Commission as a Case Study. Policy Studies Review, October (1986).

    30. Allen, D. N., R. P. McGowan, and S. Mastrofski. Aalytic Reports and Computerized Information Processing in Medium and Large Police Agencies. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems 8(3):175-186 (1983).

    31. Mastrofski, S. Issues in Police Performance Measurement. The Urban Interest. Spring: 3-7 (1982).

    32. Mastrofski, S. Policing the Beat: The Impact of Organizational Scale on Patrol Officer Behavior in Urban Residential Neighborhoods. Journal of Criminal Justice 9(5):343-358 (1981).

    33. Mastrofski, S. Surveying Clients to Assess Police Performance. Evaluation Review 5(3):397-408 (1981)
Books, Book Chapters, and Monographs
    1. Terrill, W. and S. Mastrofski. Toward a Better Understanding of Police Use of Nonlethal Force. Chapter in A. Piquero, M. Hickman, and J. Greene, Police Integrity (working title).

    2. Terrill, W. and S. Mastrofski. Working the Street: How Community Policing Affects Coercion. Chapter in W. Skogan.

    3. Mastrofski, S. Personnel and Agency Performance Appraisal. Chapter in Local Government Police Management. Edited by W.A. Geller 2nd ed. International City Management Association. (Forthcoming). 1st edition: Mastrofski, S. and R. Wadman. Edited by W.A. Geller, pp. 363-397. International City Management Association (1991).

    4. Mastrofski, S., J.J.Willis and J.J.Snipes, Styles of Patrol in a Community Policing Context. Chapter in M.Morash and J.K.Ford, eds., The Move to Community Policing: Making Change Happen, pp. 81-111. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage (2002).

    5. Mastrofski, Stephen D. The Romance of Police Leadership. Chapter in Elin Waring, David Weisburd, and Lawrence W. Sherman, eds., Theoretical Advances in Criminology: Crime & Social Organization, pp. 153-196. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers (2002).

    6. Mastrofski, Stephen D. La Ciudad Segura (The Secure City). Chapter in La Ciudad y la Seguridad de sus Habitantes (The City and the Security of Its Inhabitants), Fundacion de la Policia Espanola, pp. 73-94. Madrid: Fundacion Policia Espanola (2001).

    7. Duffee, D., McDowall, L.Mazerolle, and S. Mastrofski. Measurement and Analysis of Crime and Justice: An Introductory Essay. In D. Duffee, D. McDowall, L. Mazerolle, S. Mastrofski, B. Crutchfield, and B. Ostrom, eds., Measurement and Analysis of Crime and Justice. Volume 4 in the National Institute of Justice CJ 2000 series (2000).

    8. Mastrofski, S. The Police. Chapter in J. Sheley, ed., Criminology: A Contemporary Handbook (2nd ed.), pp. 405-445. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (2000, 1994) (2nd & 3rd ed.).

    9. Mastrofski, S. Policing for People. Monograph published by the Police Foundation (Washington, DC, 1999).

    10. Mastrofski, S. Community Policing and Police Organization Structure. Chapter in J. Brodeur, ed., Community Policing and the Evaluation of Police Service Delivery, pp.161-189. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage (1998).

    11. Worden, R. (SUNY) and S. Mastrofski. Differential Police Response: Evaluation. Chapter in L. T. Hoover, ed., Police Program Evaluation, pp. 167-232. Washington, DC: Police Executive Research Forum (1998).

    12. Mastrofski, S. Measuring Police Performance in Public Encounters. Chapter in L. Hoover, ed., Quantifying Quality in Policing, pp. 207-241. Washington, DC: Police Executive Research Forum (1995).

    13. Mastrofski, S. and J, Greene. Community Policing and the Rule of Law. Chapter in The Changing Focus of Police Innovation: Problems of Law, Order and Community, Chapter 5, pp. 80-102. New York: Springer Verlag (1993).

    14. Mastrofski, S. What Does Community Policing Mean for Daily Police Work? NIJ Journal August:23-27 (1992).

    15. Klockars, C.B. and S. Mastrofski (eds.). Thinking About Police: Contemporary Readings (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill (1991).

    16. Mastrofski, S. Police Consolidation: Lessons from a Case Study. Chapter in Police Management Today. Edited by J. Fyfe, pp. 10-27. International City Management Association, Washington, DC (1989).

    17. Whitaker, G.P., S. Mastrofski, E. Ostrom, R.B. Parks and S.L. Percey. Performance Measurement. Chapter in The Encyclopedia of Police Science, pp. 384-388. Edited by William G. Bailey. Garland Publishing Company, Washington, DC (1989).

    18. Greene, J. and S. Mastrofski (eds.). Community Policing: Rhetoric or Reality. New York: Praeger (1988).

    19. Mastrofski, S. Community Policing as Reform: A Cautionary Tale. Chapter 3 in Community Policing: Rhetoric or Reality, pp. 47-67. Edited by J. Greene and S. Mastrofski. New York: Praeger (1988); also appeared in Klockars and Mastrofski, eds., Thinking About Police: Contemporary Readings (2nd ed.).

    20. Mastrofski, S. Policing the Beat: The Impact of Organizational Scale on Patrol Offier Behavior in Urban Residential Neighborhoods. Chapter 3 in Understanding Police Agency Performance, pp. 20-39. Edited by G.P.Whitaker. National Institute of Justice, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1984); also appeared in Journal of Criminal Justice.

    21. Mastrofski, S. Surveying Clients to Assess Police Performance. Chapter 8 in Modeling Police Agency Performance, pp. 115-124. Edited by G.P. Whitaker. National Institute of Justice, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1984); also appeared in Evaluation Review.

    22. Mastrofski, S. Police Knowledge of the Patrol Beat: A Performance Measure. Chapter in The Police Working Environment: Policy Issues for the Eighties. Edited by R.R.Bennett. Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, CA (1983):45-64; also appeared in Understanding Policy Agency Performance, edited by G.P. Whitaker. National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC (1984).

    23. Mastrofski, S. The Police and Noncrime Services. Chapter in Measuring Performance in Criminal Justice Agencies, Volume 18, Sage Criminal Justice System Annuals. Edited by G.P. Whitaker and C. Phillips. Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, CA (1983).

    24. Whitaker, G.P., S. Mastrofski, E. Ostrom, R.B. Parks, and S.L. Percy. Basic Issues in Police Performance, 203 pp. National Institute of Justice, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1982).

    25. Mastrofski, S. Crime Laboratory Analysis. Chapter 13 in Patterns of Metropolitan Policing, pp. 273-294. Edited by E. Ostrom, R.B. Parks, and G.P. Whitaker. Ballinger Publishing Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1978).
Book Reviews
    1. Mastrofski, S. Policing the Risk Society by Richard V. Ericson and Kevin D. Haggerty. American Journal of Sociology 4(5):1539-1541 (1999).

    2. Mastrofski, S. Democracy and Policing by Trevor Jones, Tim Newburn, and David J. Smith. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 555 (January): 228-229. (1998).

    3. Mastrofski, S. Styles of Urban Policing: Organization, Environment, and Police Styles in Selected American Cities, by Jeffrey S. Slovak. Journal of Criminal Justice. 16(4):360-363 (1988).

    4. Mastrofski, S. Crime Control: The Use and Misuse of Police Resources, by David John Farmer. The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. 76(3):789-794 (1985).

    5. Mastrofski, S. Control in the Police Organization, edited by Maurice Punch. The Journal of Cirminal Law and Criminology 74(3):1133-1137 (1983).
Research Reports
    1. Ritti, R.R. and S. Mastrofski. The Institutionalization of Community Policing: A Study of the Presentation of the Concept in Two Law Enforcement Journals. Manassas, VA: Administration of Justice Program, George Mason University (2002).

    2. Gallagher, C., E. Maguire, S. Mastrofski, and M. Reisig. The Public Image of the Police. Final Report to the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Manassas, VA: Administration of Justice Program, George Mason University (2001).

    3. Weisburd, D. S. Mastrofski, A.M. McNally, and R. Greenspan. Compstat and Organizational Change: Findings from a National Survey. Report to the National Institute of Justice (2001).

    4. Mastrofski, S., R. Parks, A.J. Reiss, Jr., and R. Worden. Policing Neighborhoods: A Report from St. Petersburg. Research Preview. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice (1999).

    5. Mastrofski, S., M. Reisig and J. McClusky. Police Disrespect Toward the Public: An Encounter-Based Analysis. Report to the National Institute of Justice (1999).

    6. Mastrofski, S. and R.R.Ritti. Patterns of Community Policing: A View from Newspapers in the United States. COPS Working Paper #2. Washington, DC: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (1999).

    7. McCluskey, J., S. Mastrofski, and R. Parks. To Acquiesce or Rebel: Predicting Citizen Compliance with Police Requests. Report to the National Institute of Justice (1998).

    8. Parks, R.B., S.D.Mastrofski, C. DeJong, and M.K. Gray. How Officers Spend Their Time with the Community. Report to the National Institute of Justice (1998).

    9. Mastrofski, S., J.B. Snipes, and R.B. Parks. The Helping Hand of the Law: Police Control of Citizens on Request. Report to the National Institute of Justice (1998).

    10. Mastrofski, S., R.B. Parks, C. DeJong, and R.E. Worden. Race and Every-Day Policing: A Research Perspective. Report to the National Institute of Justice (1998).

    11. Mastrofski, S., R.B. Parks, A.J. Reiss, Jr., and R.E. Worden. Policing Neighborhoods: A Report from Indianapolis. Research Preview. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (1998).

    12. Mastrofski, S., R.B. Parks (Indiana U.), and R.E. Worden (SUNY). Community Policing in Action: Lessons From an Observational Study. Research Preview. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (1998).

    13. Parks, R.B., S. Mastrofski, A.J. Reiss, Jr., R.E. Worden, W.C. Terrill, C. DeJong, M Stroshine, and R. Shepard. St. Petersburg Project on Policing Neighborhoods: A Study of the Police and the Community. Report to the National Institute of Justice (1998).

    14. Maguire, E., and S. Mastrofski. The Utility of Existing COPS Office Data for Learning about Community Policing and Organizational Change. Report to the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (1998).

    15. Mastrofski, S., R.B. Parks, A.J. Reiss, Jr., R.E. Worden, C. DeJong, J.B. Snipes, and W. Terrill. Systematic Observation of Public Police: Applying Field Research Methods to Policy Issues. Report to the National Institute of Justice (1997).

    16. Mastrofski, S., J. Schafer, D. Dejong, and T.S. Bynum. Lansing Officers on Patrol: Information from Systematic Observation of Police (1997).

    17. Schafer, J. and S. Mastrofski. Traffic Enforcement in Meridian Township: A Report to the Meridian Township Department of Public Safety (1997).

    18. Parks, R.B., S. Mastrofski, A.J. Reiss, Jr., R.E. Worden, W. Terrill, C. DeJong, and J.B. Snipes. Indianapolis Project on Policing Neighborhoods: A Study of the Police and the Community. Report to the Indianapolis Police Department, 120 pp. (1997).

    19. Mastrofski, S., R. Worden, and J. Snipes. Law Enforcement in a Time of Community Policing. Research Preview. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice (1996).

    20. Mastrofski, S., A. Supina and J. Snipes. Community Policing and everyday Police Work: Getting Citizens to Control Themselves. Interim Report to the National Institute of Justice (1995).

    21. Mastrofski, S., R. Worden, and J. Snipes. Community Policing at the Street Level: The Discretion to Arrest. Interim Report to the National Institute of Justice (1994).

    22. Mastrofski, S. J. Snipes, J. Willis, and R. Worden. Community Policing: A View from the Street. Interim Report to the National Institute of Justice(1993).

    23. Mastrofski, S., J. Willis, and J. Snipes. Community Policing: The Street Officer's View. Interim Report to the National Institute of Justice and the Richmond Police Department (1992).

    24. Mastrofski, S. Some Preliminary Results of the Richmond Community Policing Study. Interim report to the National Institute of Justice and the Richmond Police Department (1992).

    25. Mastrofski, S., R. Ritti, G. Johnson, and B. Jacobs. Students and Criminal Justice in Centre County: A Comparison of the Experiences of Black and White Students. Report to the Vice Provost of the Pennsylvania State University (1992).

    26. Mastrofski, S., and R. Ritti. More Effective DUI Enforcement in Pennsylvania: Final Report. Report to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, 150 pp. (1990).

    27. Mastrofski, S. Policing the Centre Region: An Assessment of Current Arrangements and Alternatives, A Report of the Cooperative Police Services Study to the Centre Region Council of Governments, 148 pp. (1984).

    28. Mastrofski, S. Police Performance Criteria: A Report to Centre Region Council of Governments Public Services Committee, 20 pp. (1984).

    29. Mastrofski, S. Organizational Alternatives for Policing the Centre Region, Report to the Centre Region Council of Governments Public Services Committee, 20 pp. (1984)
Grants and Contracts
  • Naval Space and Warfare Systems Command. Test and Evaluation Plan for Biometrics Tracking Technology in Correctional and School Environments. $50,000 (2002).
  • International Association of Chiefs of Police. The Public Perception of the Police Image. $34,987 (2001).

  • US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. Safe Schools, Law Enforcement, and Corrections Research. $249,792 (2000-2003).

  • US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. Patterns of Community Policing: Tracking Organizational Change Undertaken with COPS Funding (Phase 3). $313,339 (2000-2002).

  • US Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Patterns of Community Policing: Tracking Organizational Change Undertaken with COPS Funding (Phase 2). $494,018 (1998-1999).

  • US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. COMPSTAT and Organizational Change: A National Assessment. David Weisburd, Police Foundation (Principal Investigator), Rosann Greenspan, Police Foundation (Co-Principal Investigator), S. Mastrofski (Co-Principal Investigator). $351,861 (1998-1999).

  • U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Patterns of Community Policing: Tracking Organizational Change Undertaken with COPS Funding. $244,290 (1997-1998).

  • U. S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (with R. Parks, Indiana University, A. Reiss, Jr., Yale University, and R. Worden, SUNY-Albany). Project on Policing Neighborhoods: A Study of the Police and the Community. $1,969,701 (1996-1998).

  • U. S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. Forming a Research Partnership: Lansing Police Department and Michigan State University. Timothy Bynum (Principal Investigator). S. Mastrofski (Co-principal investigator). $117,631 (1996-1997).

  • College of the Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University. Policing the Public: Police Authority in a Time of Change. Grant to develop research proposal. $7,300 (1994).

  • US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. The Impact of Community Policing at the Street Level: An Observational Study, Phase II. $96,899 (1993-1994).

  • US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. The Impact of Community Policing at the Street Level: An Observational Study. $213,225 (1992-1993).

  • Office of the Vice Provost, Pennsylvania State University (with R. Richard Ritti). Racial Disparity in Centre County, Pennsylvania's Criminal Justice System. $9,490 (1991-1992).

  • Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (with R. Richard Ritti). Development of Strategy for More Effective DUI Enforcement. $149,495 (1989-1990).

  • Centre Region Council of Governments, State College, PA. The Cooperative Police Services Study. $4,300 (1984).
Editorial Service
  • Editorial Board, Law Enforcement Encyclopedia. Sage Publications (2002-present).
  • Editiorial Board, Criminal Justice 2000: Innovations in Measurement and Analysis, National Institute of Justice (1998-2000).
  • Editorial Board, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management (1996-present).
  • Associate Editor, Justice Quarterly (1989-1993).
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Cirminology (1990-1996, 1999-present).
  • Deputy Editor, American Journal of Police (1991-1995).

Manuscript Reviewer for:

American Journal of Sociology; American Sociological Review; American Journal of Police; Cambridge University Press; Crime and Justice Research; Crime and Delinquency; Crime, Law, and Social Change; Criminology; Criminology and Public Policy;International Review of Victimology; Journal of Crime and Justice; Journal of Criminal Justice; Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology; Journal of Politics; Journal of Quantitative Criminology; Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency; Justice Quarterly; Law and Society Review; Police Quarterly; Police Studies; Policy Studies Review; Social Problems; Sociological Methods and Research; SUNY Press; Urban Affairs Review.

Proposal Reviewer for:

National Science Foundation; Law and Social Sciences (1993-94, 1999, 2002); National Institute of Justice (1990-present); City University of New York (1994); Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (1995).

Participation in Seminars, Workshops, and Panels (last 5 years)
  • Participant, Future of Community Policing Conference. Sponsored by the Police Executive Research Forum. Washington, DC (2002).

  • Presenter, Northern Ireland Policing Meeting: Observations on American Policing. Seminar sponsored by the Justice Policy Center of the Urban Institute. Washington DC (2001).

  • Presenter, Police Image and Ethics Committee, International Association of Chiefs of Police. The Public Perception of the Police Image. Toronto (2001).

  • Panel Moderator, CJ2000: Policies, Criminal Justice Organizations, and Effects. Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation, sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC (2000).

  • Presenter, Community Policing: Performance Measures for Management, National Conference on Advancing Community Policing: New Partnerships, New Technology, New Results. Baltimore, MD (2000).

  • Presenter, Strengthening Police-Community Relationships: Examining Use of Force and Practice. US Department of Justice, Washington, DC. (2000).

  • Presenter, Research Panel. Community Oriented Policing Summit. Executive Office for Weed and Seed. Dallas, TX (2000).

  • Participant, Forum on Bringing Crime Victims into Community Policing. The National Center for Victims of Crime, Arlington, VA (2000).

  • Workshop presenter, Compstat in Small and Mid-Sized Departments, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Charlotte, NC. (1999).

  • Participant, Dialogues on Community Policing Project. Reflections of Community Policing Founders: What Have They Done to My Song? Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Alexandria, VA (1999).

  • Chair and panel presenter, Police Disrespect Toward the Public in Two Departments Implementing Community Policing. National Institute of Justice Annual Conference on Criminal Justice and Research and Evaluation (1999).

  • Panel presenter, Police Research: What Have We Learned During the Past Ten Years? Annual conference of the Police Executive Research Forum. San Francisco (1999).

  • Panel presenter, The Challenges of Problem-Solving. What Works in Community Policing. Conference sponsored by the National Institute of Justice and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Washington, DC (1998).

  • Panel presenter, Police-Researcher Partnerships. What Works in Community Policing. Conference sponsored by the National Institute of Justice and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Washington, DC (1998).

  • Chair, Race and Policing. Panel at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Washington, DC. (1998).

  • Panel participant, Measuring Community Policing. At the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Washington, DC (1998).

  • Panel Presenter, The Image of Community Policing in the Newspaper. What Works in Community Policing. Conference sponsored by the National Institute of Justice and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Washington, DC (1998).

  • Participant, Police and Minority Interactions Focus Group. National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC (1998).

  • Chair/discussant, Big City Community Policing Southern California Style. Panel at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego (1997).

  • Co-presenter, National Institute of Justice Seminar/Video Series. Some Preliminary Results of the Project on Policing Neighborhoods. Washington, DC (1997).
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings (last 5 years)
  • (With M. Stroshine). In the Presence of One's Peers: Blue Swarming and Its Implications for Everyday Patrol Work. Paper delivered at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta (2001).

  • (With J. Gould). The Constitutionality of Police Searches. Paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago (2001).

  • (With W. Terrill). Community Policing and Coercion: A Report from the Field. Paper delivered at the Searle Family Fund Conference on Community Policing, hosted by the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Chicago (2000).

  • (With R. Ritti). The Institutionalization of Community Policing. Paper delivered at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto (1999).

  • Depending Upon the Kindness of the Police. Paper delivered at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC (1998).

  • (With J. McCluskey an M. Reisig). Police Disrespect Toward the Public. Paper delivered (by J. McCluskey) at the meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC (1998).

  • (With C. DeJong and R. Parks). How Police Officers Spend Their Time. Paper delivered (by C. DeJong) at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC (1998).

  • (With R. Parks, C. DeJOng, and R. Worden). Policing and Race: A Research Perspective. Paper delivered at the 12th Congress of International Criminology, Seoul, Korea (1998).

  • Policing Neighborhoods: The Observer's Perspective. Paper delivered at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego (1997).

  • (With J. McCluskey). Police-Citizen Cooperation in Everyday Encounters. Paper delivered at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego (1997).

  • The Romance of Police Leadership. Paper delivered at the Conference on Crime and Social Organization in honor of Albert J. Reiss, Jr., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (1997).
Memberships in Professional Organizations
  • Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

  • American Society of Criminology: Fellows Committee (1993-94); Interorganizational Relations Committee (1994-96); Program Committee member for 2000 meeting (Police/Law Enforcement Policy Division); Program Committee member for 2003 meeting; August Vollmer Awards Committee (2002)

  • American Society of Public Administration: Council member of the Northern Virginia Chapter (2000-2002)

  • Law and Society Association
Professional Consultation and Other Professional Activities
  • Consultant to Office of the U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York (2000-2001).

  • Contract survey research for Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Washington, DC (1999-2000).

  • Consultant to Department of Sociology, University of Houston on NIJ-sponsored research project, A Multi-Method Study of Special Weapons and Tactics Teams (1999-2000).

  • Consultant to National Institute of Justice on establishment of a NIJ-sponsored refereed journal (1999).

  • Consultant to 21st Century Solutions. Police Department Demonstration Center Evaluation: Colorado Springs (1998-present).

  • Consultant to the Institute for Continuing Justice Education and Research, Pennsylvania State University. Conflict Resolution Training for Police Personnel (1998).

  • Member, Strategy Review Team to Police Foundation research project, Measuring Displacement and Diffusion: An Analysis of the Indirect Impacts of Community Policing (1997-present).

  • Consultant to Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Firearms Suppression Program Evaluation Project (1997).

  • Member, Research Advisory Group, Police Foundation (1997-present).

  • National Advisory Board, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U. S. Department of Justice (1996-present).

  • Consultant to Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice (1994).

  • Consultant to Jersey City, NJ Police Department (National Institute of Justice Technical Assistance Program) (1994).

  • Consultant to Buffalo, NY Police Department (National Institute of Justice Technical Assistance Program (1994).

  • Consultant to National Institute of Justice and Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning, State of Iowa on State Evaluation Capacity Building Program (1993-present).

  • Consultant to City of Savannah Police Department on implementation and evaluation of community policing (1991).

  • Consultant to Ottawa, Ontario Police Force on community policing (1990).

  • Member, Program Advisory Team, Drug Market Analysis Program, National Institute of Justice (1990-1993).

  • Guest appearance on WPSX Television, "Taking Note", to discuss community policing reforms. Taped in University Park, PA September 27, 1989.

  • Guest appearance on CBS Television News, "Nightwatch with Charlie Rose", to discuss the merits of community policing reforms, taped in Washington, DC, March 3, 1989.

  • Member of the Board of Directors, Community Alternatives in Criminal Justice, State College, PA (1988-1993).
Administration Experience

Director (2001-present). Center for Justice Leadership and Management, George Mason University.

Director (1999-present). Administration of Justice Program, George Mason University .

Principal Investigator(1989-1999). Michigan State University and Pennsylvania State University. Organized and managed several field research projects for state and national funding agencies. Largest project was a U.S.Department of Justice field research study of community policing (1996-1999, $2 million) involving a staff of 50 full-time and part-time employees, colleagues at other universities, and establishing remote site offices for two years at two police agencies(1989-1999).

Research Associate (1976-1981). University of North Carolina. Institute for Research in Social Science and Center for Urban and Regional Studies. Grant Proposal writing, grant administration, supervising field research, data analysis, and report writing.

Naval Officer(1969-1972). Executive Officer, USS Salinan (ATF-161). Performed ocean towing and salvage operations. Crew: 68; officers: 6; Other positions held: navigator, supply officer, communications officer, legal officer, classified materials officer, narcotics control officer, public affairs officer. Nominated for accelerated promotion to Lieutenant (0-3), 1972. Honorable Discharge, 1978.

(1981-present). Various department, college, and university committees and advising to student groups.